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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Join Bugsby the Book Worm on a magical reading adventure! Your children will love reading along and interacting with their favorite characters as they build early reading skills. Kids will fall in love with reading as they have fun listening to stories read aloud by their new reading pal, Bugsby. Awhile back I did some reviews of both the Leapfrog Tag reading system and the Poingo reading system. Although I liked both of them overall, there were some features on each that I really disliked. The Poingo system had a nice pen and a good price, but there are only 6 books available with this system. The Tag system has a much wider selection of titles to go with it, but the tip of the pen is sharp and can tear up the pages of the book if your child presses down too hard, and it's a little pricier. With both of these systems, you have to go online to download books to the pen and the pen only holds a few books at a time.The new Bugsby reading system by VTech has the best features, in my opinion. The pen is a nice chunky shape, easy for little hands to hold, with no sharp tips that can gouge the pages of the book.There are 8 titles available with this system to keep your kids busy. And the best feature of all, is that each book comes with a cartridge that slips right into Bugsby's little backpack. You don't need to spend hours online downloading software and information for each title. Just pop the cartridge into the pen and read/play with the book. When you're finished, store the cartridge in the included holder on each book!On the VTech Kids website, you and your child can create your own Bugsby story online. It's fun to do and you'll get 10% off Bugsby products when you give it a try HERE!VTech has a Bugsby reading system to give away to one lucky reader! What a great idea for a Christmas present! Just leave me a comment here and I'll choose a random winner on Monday, November 30. Good luck!

* I have been paid to work with VTech on some promotions and did receive a Bugsby reading system to try out, however, as always, I only give my honest opinions on products I review.

We have the TAG now for our oldest and I totally know what you're talking about with the sharp point- we have the hole on the page to prove it! We would love love love to win this for our youngest!!! Pick me Random Integer Generator!

We have been debating on getting our soon to be 4 year old the TAG system. I am sooooooo glad you posted this review. She is very hard on her markers so I can only imagine that after a few uses her books would be destroyed with the sharp point on the pen.

Bugsby looks like a better choice for us. Thanks. It would be awesome to win it! Our Daughter turns 4 on Sunday so that would be a great belated birthday gift!

This sounds great i could use it for my 2 nephews ages 4 and 5 i wanted the tag but was too much.. Would be a great christmas present since my money is tight this year. And all my nephew asked for was books and trains from santa

Thanks for the info, I love that you do these reviews on your site. I am getting to that time of the year where I need good ideas for the kids not only mine but the ones I need to buy for. I always try to do something educational and fun! I hope I'm the lucky winner!! :)

Wow. I didn't even know about that. I knew about the Leapfrog, but thats all. And that went haywire shortly after we bought it.

Been racking my brain trying to figure out what to get our two year old. He loves being read to. And our 9 year old would love it to. He enjoys books, but can't read very well due to his struggle with autism. Thank goodness for our six year old who reads like a champ!! Thank you for the idea!! You are the best Dawn!

I did look at the tag system but most of the books in their set we already had as hard backs and I don't want something I'm going to use rather than me just reading...I think readign to your child alone, just you and your voice, is important.

hey dawn I have a question since you are in the loop on so many of these things... My grandson is nearly 7 months old, i see ads a the time for this thing called your baby can read... I dont know if you have ads up there about it but I am thinking seriously about it... it is just over 200.00 (of course they advertise it as 14.99 TRIAL fee but anyway any insight would be so appreciated.Thanks Laura peach867@yahoo.com

Awesome review Dawn! I agree with the points you stated about the Poingo and Leapfrog systems.I have two little boys ages two and three. We always seem to have trouble finding age apropriate toys that are both educational yet not "baby stage". Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! :)

My daughter loves to hear her stories read to her and I'm always willing, although everyone in my house (except her!)are a little tired of Little Puppy and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie after reading it for the 16 billionth time! It sounds like a very fun, educational toy!

My 3-year-old daughter needs this so badly!! We love to read, but sometimes (as a stay at home mom), I actually do have to spend some time cleaning. This would be the perfect option for her during "work" time.

I was thinking of getting my daughter the Tag reading system, but wasn't aware you had to download the stories. We saw the Bugsby for the first time at Toys R Us a few days ago and she had lots of fun with the sample. We would love to have this at home!!!

Oh my!! Oh, how I hope the random integer gods pick me this time! LOL I have an almost 3-yr-old that LOVES books and is already trying her best to read - she will love, love, love this!

Updated: It's fate - she JUST brought me the target toy flyer that she has been carrying for two weeks now and is pointing to the Kai-Lan book and going nuts. I look at the ad - YEP!! It's Bugsby! What are the odds?

LOL Please, please, please be a sign! Bless you Dawn for offering it to your readers! :)

Just a quick note about the TAG. The books are not hard to download at all, a couple of minutes and the new ones hold 10 books at a time. If you can find one of the older ones at your store, they have been clearanced to make room for the new ones. I got mine at Target with a $10 off coupon for $2.49. And downloading books beats losing those little cartridges around the house. Just my 2 cents.

I would love this for my 2 children (4&6). We have been back and forth trying to decide which one to get. My 4 year old spent half an hour playiing eith this in the store and I can't usually even get him to sit through a 5 minute story book!

We have a 2 year old and 3 year old that love their books. We are debating on the product to get after tests in stores the experts liked the bugsby more. It wins hands down in our house! Thanks for the information on the TAG vs Bugsby.

That would be great for my grandson!! Thanks for having this giveaway:) By the way- his little brother was just born on Saturday!! I'll probably tell the check-out lady at Copps that today too:)- and at the post office and....